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Acting

Vanessa Williams

Career: Active from 1988 to 2023, busiest in 2000 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 28
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Ugly Betty
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Vanessa Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Melancholy
3.4, average 4.7
Historical
1.4, average 2.6
Violence
3.1, average 4.1
Scare
1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Contemporary Setting 4
Feel-Good 3
Showbiz 3
Family-Friendly 3
Character-Driven 3
Nostalgic 3
Contemporary Realism 2
Ensemble Cast 2
Social Commentary 2
Heartwarming 2
Political Intrigue 2
Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

90

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Baby of the Family

as Gloria

2020s

11 titles · average score 54

Elsbeth

68

TV show · as Roslyn Bridwell

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

as Narrator (voice)

Velma

35

TV show · as Dr. Perdue (voice)

Tripped Up

44

as Patricia Chamberlain

The Jennifer Hudson Show

33

TV show

Bad Hair

56

as Zora

Girls5eva

79

TV show · as Nance Trace

Show of Titles

as "Dear World" Performer

Singleholic

as Jackie Chisolm

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

63

TV show · as Vanquisha Da House - Contestant

Calling All T.O.T.S.

TV show · as Captain Beakman (voice)

2010s

21 titles · average score 64

T.O.T.S.

70

TV show · as Captain Beakman (voice)

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

73

as Amanda Waller (voice)

The Legend of Hallowaiian

49

as Fire Goddess (voice)

The Man from Earth: Holocene

51

as Carolyn

Daytime Divas

62

TV show · as Maxine Robinson

The Librarians

76

TV show · as Cynthia Rockwell

The Trip to Bountiful

65

as Jessie Mae Watts

Broad City

85

TV show · as Elizabeth Carlton

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

39

as Janice

666 Park Avenue

64

TV show · as Olivia Doran

The Mindy Project

75

TV show · as Dr. Phillips

Doc McStuffins

63

TV show · as Delilah the Nesting Doll (voice)

2000s

24 titles · average score 58

Modern Family

85

TV show · as Rhonda

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Courtney Paige

Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies

TV show · as Mama Mirabelle (voice)

And Then Came Love

31

as Julie

Ugly Betty

79

TV show · as Wilhelmina Slater

My Brother

36

as L'Tisha Morton

South Beach

31

TV show · as Elizabeth Bauer

Johnson Family Vacation

35

as Dorothy Johnson

Desperate Housewives

76

TV show · as Renee Perry

Shaft

57

as Carmen Vasquez

The Courage to Love

63

as Mother Henriette Delille

A Diva's Christmas Carol

63

as Ebony Scrooge

1990s

25 titles · average score 62

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

66

as Queen of Trash

Light It Up

53

as Audrey McDonald

Futuresport

35

as Alexandra 'Alex' Torres

Dance with Me

57

as Ruby Sinclair

Hoodlum

56

as Francine Hughes

Soul Food

73

as Teri

Eraser

54

as Lee

Nothing Lasts Forever

64

TV show · as Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter

Bye Bye Birdie

60

as Rose Alvarez

The Jacksons: An American Dream

72

TV show · as Suzanne de Passe

Stompin' at the Savoy

74

as Pauline

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

48

as Lulu Daniels

1980s

6 titles · average score 58

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

as Valentine Hayward

Under the Gun

as Samantha Richards

American Experience

75

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Pick-up Artist

53

as Rae, Girl with Dog

Partners in Crime

65

TV show

T. J. Hooker

42

TV show · as Officer Pat Williamson

1960s

1 title · average score 61

Days of Our Lives

61

TV show · as Valerie Grant

1950s

1 title

TV show · as Miss New York 1983